College of Healthcare Sciences


Lisa Shaw

Lisa Shaw

Stephen Yu

Stephen Yu

Karen Smith

Karen Smith

Chae Rose

Chae Rose

Helen Petsky

Helen Petsky

Lucy Bird

Lucy Bird

Alyssia Merrick

Alyssia Merrick

Combat apathy in traumatic brain injury patients (Old ID 27911)
Liza van Eijk - Psychology
01 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
Clinicians often mention apathy as the cause for decreased treatment progression for Traumatic Brain Injury patients. TBI patients with apathy symptoms are less motivated to engage continuously in their therapy schedule. Constant monitoring of patient engagement can help clinicians better measure patient progress and personalise the treatment accordingly. However, current clinical measurements of apathy cannot provide clinicians with continuous feedback. This project offers a novel continuous comprehensive measure of apathy feedback to assist clinicians with assessing and improving patient recovery. This apathy measure will combine traditional clinical measures of apathy with neurophysiological data collected from a virtual reality exoskeleton device.
Combat apathy in traumatic brain injury patients (Old ID 27911)
Kenji Doma - Sports & Exercise Science
01 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
Clinicians often mention apathy as the cause for decreased treatment progression for Traumatic Brain Injury patients. TBI patients with apathy symptoms are less motivated to engage continuously in their therapy schedule. Constant monitoring of patient engagement can help clinicians better measure patient progress and personalise the treatment accordingly. However, current clinical measurements of apathy cannot provide clinicians with continuous feedback. This project offers a novel continuous comprehensive measure of apathy feedback to assist clinicians with assessing and improving patient recovery. This apathy measure will combine traditional clinical measures of apathy with neurophysiological data collected from a virtual reality exoskeleton device.
Identifying the impact of cognitive fitness on decision-making capacity of elite NRL officials (Old ID 26765)
Kenji Doma - Sports & Exercise Science
01 Mar 2020 - 18 Dec 2020
Officiating team sport matches requires engagement of complex physical and mental/cognitive processes. Superior cognitive fitness may assist with management of match stresses for greater decision-making. This project will: 1) identify the current cognitive fitness levels of elite NRL officials; and 2) examine the impact of cognitive and/or physical stress on elite NRL official’s decision-making proficiency; 3) clarify how cognitive fitness level moderates elite NRL officials’ decision-making proficiency. This project will provide recommendations to enhance the decision-making capacity of elite NRL officials with reference to cognitive fitness.
Identifying the impact of cognitive fitness on decision-making capacity of elite NRL officials (Old ID 26765)
Wade Sinclair - Sports & Exercise Science
01 Mar 2020 - 18 Dec 2020
Officiating team sport matches requires engagement of complex physical and mental/cognitive processes. Superior cognitive fitness may assist with management of match stresses for greater decision-making. This project will: 1) identify the current cognitive fitness levels of elite NRL officials; and 2) examine the impact of cognitive and/or physical stress on elite NRL official’s decision-making proficiency; 3) clarify how cognitive fitness level moderates elite NRL officials’ decision-making proficiency. This project will provide recommendations to enhance the decision-making capacity of elite NRL officials with reference to cognitive fitness.
Identifying the impact of cognitive fitness on decision-making capacity of elite NRL officials (Old ID 26765)
Anthony Leicht - Sports & Exercise Science
01 Mar 2020 - 18 Dec 2020
Officiating team sport matches requires engagement of complex physical and mental/cognitive processes. Superior cognitive fitness may assist with management of match stresses for greater decision-making. This project will: 1) identify the current cognitive fitness levels of elite NRL officials; and 2) examine the impact of cognitive and/or physical stress on elite NRL official’s decision-making proficiency; 3) clarify how cognitive fitness level moderates elite NRL officials’ decision-making proficiency. This project will provide recommendations to enhance the decision-making capacity of elite NRL officials with reference to cognitive fitness.
National centre of research excellence to improve management of peripheral arterial disease (Old ID 18517)
Anthony Leicht - Sports & Exercise Science
01 Oct 2010 - 01 Oct 2016
The National Centre for Research Excellence to improve the management of PAD will instigate four central initiatives focused on facilitating research studies designed to improve the management of PAD. These initiatives are establishing a clinical trial network, developing a linked clinical and biobank registry, setting up a preclinical development group and creating an evidence based guideline development and implementation group. The centre will bring together experts in PAD, clinical trials and guideline development and implementation from a range of specialities dealing with PAD from centres throughout Australia.
Examining playing performance in Rugby Union via static and dynamic approaches (Old ID 26769)
Jonathan Connor - Psychology
01 Mar 2020 - 31 Dec 2022
Innovative technology within elite sport has provided high performance staff with an abundance of player and team performance metrics – ‘big rugby data’. Despite the availability of this information, the crucial keys to match success in rugby union remain unknown, possibly due to the complexity of match play. This project will evaluate the complexity of elite rugby union matches by examining teams’ performance via novel sport analytics considering static and dynamic approaches. Outcomes will identify the keys to success from a micro to macro level and assist coaching staff to optimise strategies for enhanced success within rugby union.
Examining playing performance in Rugby Union via static and dynamic approaches (Old ID 26769)
Anthony Leicht - Sports & Exercise Science
01 Mar 2020 - 31 Dec 2022
Innovative technology within elite sport has provided high performance staff with an abundance of player and team performance metrics – ‘big rugby data’. Despite the availability of this information, the crucial keys to match success in rugby union remain unknown, possibly due to the complexity of match play. This project will evaluate the complexity of elite rugby union matches by examining teams’ performance via novel sport analytics considering static and dynamic approaches. Outcomes will identify the keys to success from a micro to macro level and assist coaching staff to optimise strategies for enhanced success within rugby union.
Independent Testing of Buoyancy Aids in Situ for Surf Life Saving Australia - Phase V (Old ID 23058)
Anthony Leicht - Sports & Exercise Science
01 Nov 2016 - 01 May 2017
Following recent amendments to Australian Standards pertaining to minimum buoyancy, this project will evaluate a range of fitted buoyancy aids adhering to the revised buoyancy standards in a fit for purpose assessment of competitive and training activities directly associated with lifesaving sport in situ in qualified surf lifesavers (youth to masters). The findings from this project will enable the sport's governing body, Surf Life Saving Australia to provide evidence based decisions and policy regarding the use of buoyancy aids for usage within lifesaving sport for competition and training purposes.
Game, Training and Individual Performance Analytics of Elite Rugby League Players (Old ID 23633)
Anthony Leicht - Sports & Exercise Science
01 Nov 2017 - 31 Oct 2021
Evaluating training and game performances I elite sport is an information-rich environment particularly with the additional of data analytic companies providing real-time and post-competition analyses for coaching staff. Additionally, the inclusion of wearable technology and in particular, the inclusion of global positioning systems in to the elite training environment have empowered high performance personnel with an overabundance of performance data through which evidence-based evaluations can be made. However, with the inclusion of such technology in to the contemporary elite training environment, coaching staff are now faced with interpretative decisions pertaining to what metrics are suitable and under what constraints.
Reseracher: Wendy Li (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2027
Reseracher: Wendy Li (Associate Professor)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
Reseracher: Amanda Krause (Senior Lecturer, Psychology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2027
Reseracher: Amanda Krause (Senior Lecturer, Psychology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2027
Reseracher: Amanda Krause (Senior Lecturer, Psychology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Reseracher: Amanda Krause (Senior Lecturer, Psychology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Reseracher: Amanda Krause (Senior Lecturer, Psychology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Reseracher: Amanda Krause (Senior Lecturer, Psychology)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2023
Reseracher: Anthony Leicht (Head, Sport and Exercise Science)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2000